"One can only really travel if one lets oneself go and takes what every place brings without trying to turn it into a healthy private pattern of one's own and I suppose that is the difference between travel and tourism." -Freya Stark

About

“To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

Welcome to my adventures picking (and eating) grapes, chestnuts, olives and whatever else I can find in Italy. Freckled Farmer is where I share my wanderings and wonderings; the flavors, faces and places I encounter in Italy and beyond.

Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get toAlice: I don’t much care where.The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go.Alice: …so long as I get somewhere.The Cat:Oh, you’re sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.